According to the Byzantine historian Procopius a part of the Eastgermanic people the Heruls/Eruli left the Danubian region after a defeat 508-509 AD and settled at the Scandinavian Peninsula.
These feared warriors played a major role as mercenaries in the Roman army, but they have never been identified in Scandinavia. Did they just disappear without a trace?
In details this is discussed in the English article "The Heruls" (link), but summaries can be found in English (below) and in Danish (link).
Troels Brandt -
trbrandt@post9.tele.dk
Copenhagen, June 15, 2000
Updated October 27, 2004
!! The book (in Danish): Danernes Sagnhistorie
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Relief from a helmet (die from Torslunda, Oeland)
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